flagrar

Portuguese

Borrowed from Latin flagrāre (“to burn, to blaze”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/ [flaˈɡɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/ [flaˈɡɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾaɾ/ [flɐˈɣɾaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾa.ɾi/ [flɐˈɣɾa.ɾi]

flagrar (first-person singular present flagro, first-person singular preterite flagrei, past participle flagrado)

(Brazil, transitive) to catch in the act (to catch someone doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong)
O criminoso foi flagrado saindo da casa roubada.
The criminal was caught leaving the robbed house.
(intransitive) to burn, to blaze
Synonyms: queimar, deflagrar

Conjugation of flagrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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